Posts Tagged ‘computation’

A sufficiently large cubicle farm induces selective routing stupidity

Here’s how it works:
The organizing principle of cube farms is to place people with related tasks in close proximity to each other. At human scales, this will make the inhabitants of approximately 3 to 5 cubes in any direction (restricted to the horizontal plane) relevant to the average cube-dweller, who will then internalise the most [...]

re-understanding computing

I was reading this blog post on the expanding notion of what computing is, over at Broader perspective.  I like the inclusion of ideas from the biological realm, because it’s one of those areas which proves once and for all that the universe is one giant computation, with smaller computations piggybacking off of bigger (or [...]

quantization bugs me…

[edits 2010-06-03]
Quantisation.
Essentially, the drawing of lines in the proverbial sand: discrimination… discerning this from that.
But when quantisation arises naturally, what causes it? Is there an informational limit to how much information can accrete below the threshold of a quantum, before the latter manifests itself? I mean, I think there is… but how would you define such a [...]

Return of the God Function

I am currently reading about concepts of the universe as a vast quantum computing machine /evolutionary engine, and what this might mean in terms of our concepts and understanding of life itself. Of course such topics tend, inevitably, to lead up to the big ‘OK then, so what is God?’-type question.
It all reminds me of [...]